The Ashoka Advantage - August 2010

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Fellow NewsAwards & Funding

ConferencesInformation for Fellows

Networking & Communication ToolsChangemakers®

Volunteers, Interns, Partners

Fellow NewsVipin Thekkekalathil Receives Ford Fellowship

Vipin Thekkekalathil, Associate Director of Youth Venture

in India, was a recipient of a 2010 Ford Motor Company

International Fellowship. During the intensive three-week

residency, Ford Fellows take classes in areas including

nonprofit management strategy and leadership training at

Columbia University’s Picker Center for Executive

Education. The academic curriculum is complemented by

visits to model nonprofits in New York City and meetings

with academic, business, and government leaders. He was

“terrific” according to Alison Gardy, Director of International Relations, who runs the program.

Ashoka Fellow Alex Freyre Fights for Same-Sex

Marriage in Argentina

Argentina has became the first country in Latin America to

approve a civil law that allows same-sex marriage,

including: full marital rights, adoption and inheritance. This

achievement in equal rights was enabled by the everlasting

battle lead by Alex Freyre, Ashoka Fellow. He works to

influence public policy, create new policy, and train a

growing network of citizen organizations and community

groups.

Awards/Funding

Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships

Deadline: August 1, 2010

The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) is an

American non-profit, non-governmental organization that

gives developing-world journalists the opportunity to work

as reporters in American newsrooms. The program, which

runs from mid-March to September, is offered annually to

approximately ten professional print journalists betweenthe ages of 25 and 35. Find more information here.

Graça Machel Scholarships


The key aim of the Graça Machel Scholarship Programme

is to help provide the female human resources necessary

for economic, social and cultural development in the

Southern African region and to develop an educated and

skilled workforce that can benefit the wider community.

The scholarship is for female students from Angola,

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,

Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe studying in

South Africa. Read about this and other opportunities

here.

Open Meadows Foundation Offers Funding for

Projects to Benefit Women and Girls


Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to nonprofits

working on projects designed and implemented by women

and girls to promote equality, environmental justice, and

financial success for women around the globe. Read more.

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The 2010 SEED Awards


The SEED Initiative, founded by UNEP, UNDP and IUCN,

and supported by the European Union, Germany, India, the

Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, the UK and the USA,identifies and supports promising small scale social and

environmental entrepreneurs around the globe,

entrepreneurs that while working towards a greener

economy also tackle poverty, marginalisation and social

exclusion. This year there is a focus on Africa. Visit the

International Institute for International Development

website here.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

Malaria


The Fund will give priority to proposals from countries andregions with the greatest need, based on highest burden of

disease and the least ability to bring financial resources to

address the problems of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Proposals from countries and regions with a high potential

for risk will also be considered. Learn more.

Open Society Institute

Deadline: September 7, 2010

The Open Society Fellowship supports outstanding

individuals from around the world. The fellowship enables

innovative professionals—including journalists, activists,

academics, and practitioners—to work on projects thatinspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and

generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society

Institute. The fellowship focuses on the following

categories: National Security and the Open Society;

Citizenship, Membership and Marginalization; Strategies

and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement;

Understanding Authoritarianism; Open Category. Find the

Open Society Fellowship guidelines here.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Provides Grants

to Improve Lives of ChildrenDeadline: September 7, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)

Grants will be awarded to nonprofits working to improve

the health and well being of children under the age of 21

through national and global programs. The RMHC Board of

Trustees is most interested in national and international

organizations that have a specific program related to

children's health and well-being. Learn more here.

United States Institute of Peace Senior Fellowships


The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace

awards Senior Fellowships to enable outstanding scholars,

policy makers, journalists, and other professionals fromaround the world to conduct research at the U.S. Institute

of Peace on important issues concerning international

conflict and peace. Learn more here.

The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society


The Graduate Center of The City University of New York

is accepting applications for the spring 2011 Emerging

Leaders International Fellows Program and U.S. Diversity

Fellowship (28 February - 27 May, 2011). The programs

are designed to help build Third-Sector capacity in the

Fellows’ home countries. The research topic for bothprograms is community foundations; other topics in the

field of philanthropy will be considered. For details

including eligibility requirements, application guidelines and

links to the online applications visit: www.philanthropy.org.

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Deadline: annually September 15

The Tyler Prize is the premier award honoring significant

achievements in environmental science and environmental

protection. Through their work Tyler Laureates have

focused worldwide attention on environmental problems

by their discoveries and the solutions. Read more.

Green Awards


The Green Awards were set up to recognise and reward

creative work that communicates the importance of

corporate social responsibility, sustainable development,

and ethical best practice.

UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize


If you have Fellows in mind that you would like to

nominate for this important award, please email their

names to [email protected] within the next few days.

It is awarded annually to leading environmentalists and

recognizes the work of these individuals at the global level.

The Prize will be awarded solely to "individuals who have

made outstanding global contributions to the management

and protection of the environment.” It is one of the




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world's most valuable environmental prizes. Ashoka should

receive nominations well in advance of September 30. For

more information, click here.

Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human RightsDeadline: No deadlines

As the only international women’s fund in the world

designed to respond on short notice, UAF collaborates

with women activists in three primary contexts: peace

building in situations of armed conflict, escalating violence,

or politically volatile environments; potentially precedent-

setting legal and legislative actions; and protection of

women human rights defenders. UAF exists to enable

women to mobilize and act within these brief windows of opportunity. For more information, click here.

Conferences

Global Maternal Health Conference 2010

New Delhi, India // August 30-September 1, 2010 (Registration begins July 15, 2010)

The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010 aims to build on the existing momentum around MDG5 to coalesce and

catalyze the maternal health field. Lessons learned, neglected issues, and innovative thinking will be the underpinnings of the

conference, and the anticipated outcome is increased consensus around the evidence, programs and advocacy needed toimprove maternal health. For more information about conference themes, click here. For registration information, click

here.

Forum for African Investigative Reporters

Johannesburg South Africa // November 1-3, 2010 (Now accepting applications)

The Forum for African Investigative Reporters (FAIR) is a professional association of investigative journalists in Africa. Its

mission is to enhance, deepen and build investigative journalism as a profession throughout the continent. FAIR is now

receiving applications from investigative journalists all over Africa to attend FAIR's planned conferences for 2010. Journalists

who want to showcase their investigative work and engage in a dialogue with colleagues on the increase and promotion of

investigative journalism practice in Africa are encouraged to apply. Find details here.

Information for Fellows

Women's Contribution to Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID):The structural pattern of inequalities between women and men is

often determined by two key elements: their levels of participation in politics and decision-making processes; and their

contributions to the economy (both paid and unpaid). This contribution is calling for universal access to social protection of

women's empowerment and well-being, and to foster shared responsibility for unpaid work between men and women. For

more information, click here.

Trueque Amazónico (Amazonian Exchange), Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Tour operators and indigenous communities involved in ecotourism in the Amazon met with researchers in 2003 to share

experiences and form alliances. "These are three cases in the Amazon with true community participation." Learn more

here.

Defining and Uniting the Global Ecotourism Movement through Improved Communication

by Antonis B. Petropoulos

A May 2007 presentation that advocates giving individual ecotourism practitioners, academics, and enthusiasts

communication tools to foster transparency and knowledge diffusion, and stresses the role of bi-directional communication




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in strengthening the independence of the ecotourism movement and preserving its core values—i.e., providing a social

service rather than selling something. Learn more here.

Networking & Communication ToolsNew Functionality in LinkedIn Ashoka Fellows Group

Are you an Ashoka Fellow using the professional social network LinkedIn? If you haven’t yet joined the group just for

Ashoka Fellows—you should! New functionality makes having a discussion even easier. Join at http://bit.ly/FellowsLI

Changemakers®

Competition: Strong Communities: Engaging Citizens, Strengthening Place, Inspiring Change

Ashoka’s Changemakers and CommunityMatters are looking for effective, innovative solutions that demonstrate how

citizens can connect and steer change to build stronger communities. Submit your solutions, or nominate a project, in this

competition to make your community a vital, enduring place by August 11. Eight of the competition finalists will be invited

to attend the CommunityMatters ’10 Conference in Denver, October 5-8, 2010. For more information, please visit

http://www.changemakers.com/strongcommunities.

Competition: The G-20 SME Finance Challenge

The Group of 20 and Ashoka’s Changemakers, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, are looking for the best

models worldwide for public-private partnerships that catalyze finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Submit

your solutions, or nominate a project, in the G-20 SME Finance Challenge to unlock private finance for small and medium

enterprises by August 25. Up to 15 winners will be invited to the November 2010 G-20 Summit in Korea to be recognized

for their innovative ideas. Winners will then be connected with donors and investors at an SME conference in Germany. Go

to http://www.changemakers.com/SME-Finance.

Competition: Patients| Choices| Empowerment

Ashoka’s Changemakers and the Amgen Foundation are launching the “Patients| Choices| Empowerment” competition to

find solutions to improve health outcomes globally. Submit your inspiring and innovative solutions or nominate a project by

September 29. The three winners of this competition will each receive a cash prize of US$10,000. For more information,

please visit http://www.Changemakers.com/empower-patient.

Competition: Property Rights: Identity, Dignity & Opportunity for All

Ashoka’s Changemakers and the Omidyar Network are launching the “Property Rights: Identity, Dignity & Opportunity for

All” competition to find ways to strengthen property rights in order to give people the incentive and ability to invest in

their land, earn income from their property, and build long-term security for their families. The competition launches on

August 18, 2010. The three winners of this competition will each receive a cash prize of $50,000. For more information,

please visit www.Changemakers.com/property-rights.

Vote: Enter Your Solution for Building the Field of Social BusinessCheck out the solutions that build the emerging field of social business in the Leveraging Business for Social Change

Changemakers competition. You can vote for the top three entries until August 11, 2010. The three entries that receive

the most votes will each earn a prize of USD $5,000. Go to http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/socialbusiness.

Vote: Changing Lives Through Football

Select your favorite solutions that use football (soccer) to strengthen community, increase development, and drive social

change in the Changing Lives Through Football competition, hosted by Nike and Changemakers.com. You can vote for the

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top three entries between until August 18, 2010. Six winners are eligible to win a total of $90,000 in prizes. Go to

http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/football.

Winners Announced: Strengthen and Improve Communities

See the three winning ideas to strengthen and improve communities in Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, NewHampshire, Connecticut or Massachusetts in the Revelation to Action: Your Place. Your Idea. Your Change competition,

hosted by Green Mountain Coffee and Ashoka's Changemakers. The three winners are awarded prizes totaling USD

$50,000. For more information, please visit http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/Revelation.

Volunteers, Interns, Partners

Volunteers

Need help with Strategic Planning? Fundraising?

Translation? Volunteers can help! In-person assistance?

Virtual help? Volunteer teams? Let us know what you

need, and we‘ll help you find what you‘re looking for!

Please give specific details regarding your plans for using a

volunteer and information about what type of work they‘ll

be doing, special skills required, time-frame,

accommodations available, etc. Email Beth Inabinett at

[email protected].

Interns

Would you like to advertise for an intern on the Ashoka

Volunteer website? Many capable undergraduate and

graduate students are visiting the website looking for a way

to get involved and gain experience in their field of study,

especially over the summer. Contact Beth Inabinett for anIntern Request Form at [email protected].

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